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Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 3/10/09 Update One last brief update that hasn't been posted to CM yet... I bough two more sheets of marine ply and made a second core. This one got a bunch of weep holes drilled in it to allow excess resin to escape and was fastened w/ drywall screws around the...

Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 2nd transom core and gas tank hat 6/1/2010... Thanks for the feedback guys. So, this weekend I got the transom core put together. Cut both sheets of ply to size and laminated them together with a layer of 1.5 oz mat in the middle. I was really happy with how...

Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 3/10/09 Update 5/22/2010... Waxed and mounted the transom mold this morning... Then at around 3 PM I started glassing. I was a one man crew, so I didn't take pics of the process. First step was to lay a fillet in the corner at the hull sides and bottom, then a...

Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 3/10/09 Update From 5/20/2010... Just about ready to start laying the new outer skin. I have changed my original plan though. Decided to screw a melamine dam to the transom and lay the outer skin against that. So, I've been prepping everything to get the dam...

Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 3/10/09 Update From 5/4/2010... Here's where I am now... Grinding for the new transom core is just about complete. I have removed almost all remnants of the inner skin and/or stringers and tabbing from the transom to 8" forward on the hull bottom and sides. I...

Re: 1981 Mako 17 Project - 3/10/09 Update OK...time to bring you guys up to speed on this one. The next few posts are simply copies of my updates from the ClassicMako site. I've made changes along the way so if anything doesn't make sense, I can clarify. Let's start with the following from...

Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Digging foam...again My hopes for a "quick fix" are pretty much gone at this point. So, what's probably going to happen is progress will slow tremendously once the tank is out and I'll shift my efforts back to the lil' Mako...and completing the basement remodel...

Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Digging foam... Went at the stupid foam for about another hour tonight. Got down to the hull bottom on the stbd side and about 3" down one side behind the tank. Two piece of PVC are preventing me from digging on the other side. That shouldn't make or break the...

I had one for my old 25' Sailfish. It was a PIA due to the weight. I sold it and went the blue tarp and 2x4s route...

Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Digging foam... I've only been able to work on it this much recently because I take my 2-1/2 year old son out with me (he plays at the helm). If I didn't do that, my wife wouldn't approve of me spending this much time on it.

Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Getting started... Got all the old fuel out over the weekend. Turned out to be about 45 gallons, which was 10 to 15 less than I had expected. Then I got sidetracked again with removing the boot stripe. Much to my surprise, it peeled off very easily. Each side...

I would scarf the two stringer sections together.

Yeah, I looked inside the tank from the sending unit port. Clean as a whistle. Wasn't expecting that.

We'll see. I got all the fuel out on Saturday and am planning to start digging foam from the sides today or tomorrow. Thanks. What did you use to pull the foam out from around the tank? I'm thinking I'll just use a regular hand saw because the deck overhangs the opening and I need something...

Re: 1981 FORMULA RESTORATION What the h3ll did you do to your thumb???? :jaw Looks like you're off to a good start. Another thing you mighy try with the tank is to get a piece of heavy braid or wire and use it to saw through the foam beneath the tank. I emptied out the tank in mine...

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Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Getting started... Anybody want to buy some nasty wet foam or rotten wood??? The wood came from just underneath the lip that supports the tank hatch. I think it's some type of treated 2x2 because it wasn't the consistency of "normal" rotten wood. These...

Re: I'll measure if for you tonight.

Re: '76 Formula 233 project: Getting started... Not much has happened lately. I did manange to pick up some "new" rims/tires and a 55 gallon drum to put the old fuel in though. The rims are stock 15" 5-spoke aluminum from a Jeep Cherokee/Wrangler. Tires are Goodyear Wrangler RT/S, size...

Decided to start a new thread to document my Formula project. Here's how it all began: viewtopic.php?t=14217 Now for the good stuff... :lol: Before I could really do much with the gas tank hatch or fuel lines, I decided I had better tarp the darn thing to keep it from getting any more...